Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Lawmakers Send Governor Legionnaires' Notification Plan
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner will have to decide what to do about a plan to notify the families of veterans any time someone gets sick with Legionnaires' disease. The Illinois S...
May 11, 2018

Tougher Rules For Synthetic Marijuana Likely Coming In Illinois
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers are looking to get tougher on synthetic marijuana. The Illinois Senate Thursday unanimously approved a plan to add synthetic cannabinoids to the state's control...
May 11, 2018

CDC Warns Of Increases In Lyme Disease, West Nile Risk
(Washington, DC) -- The wet spring could mean a buggy summer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday warned that the Midwest, including Illinois, could see a spike in ticks and mosqu...
May 11, 2018 Tom / CC
Sports News 5/11/18
>>Jets Rout Predators, Advance To Western Conference Final (Nashville, TN) -- The Winnipeg Jets are advancing to the Western Conference Final. Paul Stastny and Mark Scheifele [[ SHIFF-lee ]] sco...
May 11, 2018

Adams County Could Be Next Gun Owner Sanctuary
(Quincy, IL) -- Add Adams County to the list of possible gun owner sanctuaries. County Board Member Ryan Niekamp said on Tuesday that he's had a lot of people in and around Quincy ask for the county t...
May 10, 2018 Hank Hession / CC

Illinois National Guard Unit Heading To Afghanistan
(Springfield, IL) -- More Illinois citizen-soldiers are heading to Afghanistan. A detachment of half a dozen or so of Illinois National Guard troops left Springfield Wednesday. They are headed to Texa...
May 10, 2018

Southern Illinois Woman Tells Police Of Fake State Trooper
(Herrin, IL) -- A southern Illinois woman is asking the real police to help her find a wanna-be state trooper. Rusti Harris says a man pulled her over last week and told her that she was speeding, but...
May 10, 2018 Daniel / CC

Decatur Police Chief Gives Statement on Dog Euthanasia Comments
(Decatur, IL) -- Decatur police chief Jim Getz is trying to change the conversation that one of his detectives started about the future of drug dogs in Illinois. Chief Getz Wednesday said that his det...
May 10, 2018
Sports News 5/10/18
>>Celtics Eliminate 76ers (Boston, MA) -- The Celtics are moving on to the Eastern Conference Finals. Boston closed out the 76ers in Game Five of their second-round series 114-112 at TD Garden. ...
May 10, 2018

Pro-Choice Leaders, Advocates to Call on Rauner, Pritzker to Pledge to Protect Women’s Rights
(Springfield, IL) - Leading advocates for women's rights will call on gubernatorial candidates Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker to pledge to protect recent legislative victories that guarantee a woman's...
May 09, 2018 Justin Brockie / CC






